CVE-2015-2342

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

CWE-415: Double Free

The JMX RMI service in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before u3e, 5.1 before u3b, 5.5 before u3, and 6.0 before u1 does not restrict registration of MBeans, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RMI protocol.

CWE-415: Double Free

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

VMware vCenter Server

First reported 9 years ago

2015-10-12 10:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-08-12 01:29:00

Affected Software

VMware vCenter Server 5.0

5.0

VMware vCenter Server 5.5

5.5

VMware vCenter Server 6.0

6.0

References

20151001 CVE-2015-2342 VMware vCenter Remote Code Execution

76930

1033720

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0007.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-455

https://www.7elements.co.uk/resources/technical-advisories/cve-2015-2342-vmware-vcenter-remote-code-execution/

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